Increasing value and reducing waste in data extraction for systematic reviews: tracking data in data extraction forms

Shokraneh, Farhad; Adams, Clive E.

Abstract

Data extraction is one of the most time-consuming tasks in performing a systematic review. Extraction is often onto some sort of form. Sharing completed forms can be used to check quality and accuracy of extraction or for re-cycling data to other researchers for updating. However, validating each piece of extracted data is time-consuming and linking to source problematic.
In this methodology paper, we summarize three methods for reporting the location of data in original full-text reports, comparing their advantages and disadvantages.

Citation

Shokraneh, F., & Adams, C. E. (2017). Increasing value and reducing waste in data extraction for systematic reviews: tracking data in data extraction forms. Systematic Reviews, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-017-0546-z

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 18, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Aug 4, 2017
• Publication Date: 2017-12
• Deposit Date: Mar 1, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 1, 2018
• Journal: Systematic Reviews
• Electronic ISSN: 2046-4053
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-017-0546-z
• Keywords: Data extraction, Systematic reviews, Traceable data, Data location, Portable Document Format (PDF), Increasing value, Reducing waste
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/876378
• Publisher URL: https://systematicreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13643-017-0546-z